Some things in your life came easy because someone before you made them easy. Find out who.

Smooth paths are usually smooth because somebody else walked them rough. A program that exists, a door that is open, a rule that no longer applies: each one has a history with a person in it who pushed when it was not normal. From inside, all of it feels like the natural state of things.

Pick one thing you have never had to fight for and trace it back, by asking an older relative. Then ask what it cost. Knowing the name changes how you use the thing, and it tells you what kind of work is worth doing.